Even with a broken right ring finger, the 33-year-old Argentina goalkeeper kept thwarting the Spaniards. “It’s all in your mind,” Martínez said of the pain. “It doesn’t affect me.”
The birth of the baby, whom they named Alec Neel, marks the first time in more than 150 years that a sitting vice president has had a baby while in office.
A tournament that began as a grand experiment across three countries ended with a finish worthy of all its sprawl: Spain beating Argentina, 1-0, in extra time.
Jackson, a progressive who champions worker rights and Medicare-for-all, has quickly emerged as the favorite to take on Republican Susan Collins in the Senate race in November.
The soccer world thought his career peaked in 2022. Now he’s back in the biggest game on the planet, not as a ceremonial figure but as the tournament’s central force.